Yekaterinburg police began checking reports of a raider seizure of the Manhattan business center, with reference to the regional department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs informs edition E1.
“This information will be verified. In case of detection of offenses, response measures will be taken within the competence of the police. Currently, there is no information about causing harm to the health or property of the center’s staff,” the police said.
RBC asked the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Sverdlovsk Region for a comment.
Aksyonov announced the raider seizure after the court decision on the Scythian gold
Information about raider capture appeared on Instagram BC “Manhattan”. “At about ten o’clock in the evening, three dozen unidentified people of Caucasian appearance (presumably Chechens) <...> entered our business complex, neutralized several employees of a security company and illegally took control of the security room and technical premises,” the report says. In the published video, a group of people of Caucasian appearance enters the building.
According to Instagram, the raider takeover was organized by the Aurus company. Previously, she managed the Manhattan business center, but then the owners of the building transferred management to Kirovskaya Management Company.
The Aurus Management Company told E1 that people were filmed on the video, some of whom are related to the security company, “which left on its own on February 4.” “Another part of the people are generally guests of the hookah bar located in the business center. They have nothing to do with this situation,” said Alexey Sergeev, a company representative. He admitted that “someone, possibly remotely, demolished the video surveillance system, causing significant material damage to the owners.”
According to Sergeev, the police officers who arrived at the scene checked the documents and took explanations from everyone. “30 Caucasians – I tell you with certainty – have not been found,” Sergeev added.